plural

plural sħiħ

plural miksur


henna

mt-verb

henna (imperfect jhenni, past participle mhenni)

jhenni (imperfect)
mhenni (participle past)
hennejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
hennejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
henna (masculine perfect singular third-person)
hennejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
hennejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
hennew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
hennejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
hennejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
henniet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
hennejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
hennejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
hennew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nhenni (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
thenni (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jhenni (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nhennu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
thennu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jhennu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nhenni (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
thenni (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
thenni (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nhennu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
thennu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jhennu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
henni (imperative second-person singular)
hennu (imperative plural second-person)

(often religion, of God or godly life) to make happy; to enbliss


pizza

Borrowed from Sicilian pizza and/or Italian pizza. Further origin uncertain.


re

Borrowed from Sicilian re and/or Italian re, from Latin rēx.


Andorran

mt-noun

Andorran m (plural Andorrani, feminine Andorrana)


Angolan

Angolan m (plural Angolani, feminine Angolana)


elf

mt-numeral

elf m or f (dual elfejn, plural eluf or elufijiet, paucal elef)

elfejn (dual)
eluf (plural)
elufijiet (plural)
elef (paucal)


Sri Lankan

mt-adjective

Sri Lankan (feminine singular Sri Lankana, plural Sri Lankani)

Sri Lankana (feminine singular)
Sri Lankani (plural)

Sri Lankan (of, from or relating to Sri Lanka)


Sri Lankan

mt-noun

Sri Lankan m (plural Sri Lankani, feminine Sri Lankana)

Sri Lankani (plural)
Sri Lankana (feminine)

Sri Lankan (native or inhabitant of Sri Lanka) (male or of unspecified gender)


Turkmen

mt-adjective

Turkmen (feminine singular Turkmena, plural Turkmeni)

Turkmena (feminine singular)
Turkmeni (plural)

Turkmen (of, from or relating to Turkmenistan)


Turkmen

mt-noun

Turkmen m (plural Turkmeni, feminine Turkmena)

Turkmen (native or inhabitant of Turkmenistan)


Tongan

mt-adjective

Tongan (feminine singular Tongana, plural Tongani)

Tongana (feminine singular)
Tongani (plural)


Tongan

mt-noun

Tongan m (plural Tongani, feminine Tongana)

Tongan (native or inhabitant of Tonga) (male or of unspecified gender)


rand

Laurus nobilis
Laurus nobilis#Translingual


id

id f (plural idejn, plural construct state idej, diminutive wejda)

idejn (plural)
idej (construct plural)
wejda (diminutive)
idi (first-person singular)
idna (first-person singular)
idek (second-person singular)
idkom (second-person singular)
idu (masculine singular third-person)
idha (feminine singular third-person)
idhom (singular third-person)

From general dialectal Arabic ايد (ʔīd), variant of classical يَد (yad). Doublet of jedd.

Wara l-bibien,
fit-tul tat-toroq twal,
batejt
il-għeja
il-qtigħ ta’ qalb,
batejt fuq kollox il-mistħija;
iżda ġarrabt ukoll
il-ferħ u l-għaxqa
li kull tallab iħoss
x’ħin jasal wisq għajjien bil-ħorġa f’idu
bil-ħobż għand ommu mġewħa.

1970, Anton Buttigieg, “It-Tallab”, in Fl-Arena:


bint

ulied (plural)
binti (first-person singular)
bintna (first-person singular)
bintek (second-person singular)
bintkom (second-person singular)
bintu (masculine singular third-person)
bintha (feminine singular third-person)
binthom (singular third-person)


temp

Borrowed from Sicilian tempu and/or Italian tempo, both from Latin tempus.


Randan

From Arabic رَمَضَان (ramaḍān, “Ramadan”). The use of the word attests to the fact that—though Malta had been Christian before the Arab conquest—modern Maltese people mainly descend from converted Muslims. Arabic-speaking Christians otherwise use the terms اَلصَّوْمُ الْكَبِير (aṣ-ṣawmu l-kabīr, literally “great fast”) or صَوْمُ الْأَرْبَعِين (ṣawmu l-ʔarbaʕīn, literally “fast of the forty”). Compare also Għisa (obsolete for “Jesus”). Doublet of Ramadan.

(Christianity) Lent, the Christian time of fasting before Easter


mil

mil m (dual milejn, plural mjiel or mili)

milejn (dual)
mjiel (plural)
mili (plural)


birra

Borrowed from Italian birra, from Old High German bior, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą, of uncertain origin.


pene

Borrowed from Italian pene, sometimes used in Maltese in place of the everyday żobb.


Marte

Borrowed from Italian Marte, from Latin Mārs.


Amerikan

mt-adjective

Amerikan (feminine singular Amerikana, plural Amerikani)

Amerikana (feminine singular)
Amerikani (plural)

United States of America
United States of America#English

American (of, from or relating to United States of America)


Amerikan

mt-noun

Amerikan m (plural Amerikani, feminine Amerikana)

American (native or inhabitant of United States of America) (male or of unspecified gender)


Abraham

Borrowed from Italian Abramo, from Latin Ābrahām, from Ancient Greek Ἀβραάμ (Abraám), from Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (ʾaḇrāhām). The insertion of the mute -h- in the spelling directly after the Hebrew form; compare Għesaw (“Esau”).

der

Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (ʾaḇrāhām)

a male given name, equivalent to English Abraham


Alla

From Arabic اَللّٰه (allāh, “God”) through the common dialectal form alla with loss of the final -h. The Arabic word is a general term for “God” used also by Arabic-speaking Jews and Christians.


Koran

Borrowed from Italian Corano, from Arabic الْقُرْآن (al-qurʔān). Related with inherited Maltese qara (“to read”). The inherited form would have been *qran.


Rumen

mt-adjective

Rumen (feminine singular Rumena, plural Rumeni)

Rumena (feminine singular)
Rumeni (plural)

Romanian (of, from or relating to Romania)


Rumen

mt-noun

Rumen m (plural Rumeni, feminine Rumena)

Romanian (native or inhabitant of Romania) (male or of unspecified gender)


Sloven

mt-adjective

Sloven (feminine singular Slovena, plural Sloveni)

Slovena (feminine singular)
Sloveni (plural)

Slovene (of, from or relating to Slovenia)


Sloven

mt-noun

Sloven m (plural Sloveni, feminine Slovena)

Slovene (native or inhabitant of Slovenia) (male or of unspecified gender)


islam

Borrowed from Italian islam, from Arabic إسْلام (ʔislām). The related word mislem (“Muslim”) was inherited from Arabic, but all other terms are learned borrowings.


Ramadan

Borrowed from Arabic رَمَضَان (ramaḍān). Doublet of inherited Randan (“Lent”).


reliġjon

Borrowed from Italian religione, from Latin religio.


sitta

Coordinate term: (attributive form) sitt


terz

Borrowed from Sicilian terzu or Italian terzo.

(historical units of measurement) a unit of volume:

for spirits that is officially half an imperial pint (284.1 mL).

for milk and oil that is officially 11+¹⁄₄ imperial fluid ounces (319.6 mL).


nanna

nanna f (plural nanniet, masculine nannu)

nanniet (plural)
nannu (masculine)
nannti (first-person singular)
nannitna (first-person singular)
nanntek (second-person singular)
nannitkom (second-person singular)
nanntu (masculine singular third-person)
nannitha (feminine singular third-person)
nannithom (singular third-person)


appellant

appellant m (plural appellanti, feminine appellanta)

appellanti (plural)
appellanta (feminine)


appellant

mt-adjective

appellant (feminine singular appellanta, plural appellanti)

appellanta (feminine singular)
appellanti (plural)


musulman

musulman (feminine singular musulmana, plural musulmani)

musulmana (feminine singular)
musulmani (plural)

Borrowed from Italian musulmano, from Ottoman Turkish, from Persian مسلمان (mosalmân), from Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim), whence also inherited Maltese mislem (“Muslim”, noun).

Muslim (of persons, peoples, cultures: pertaining to Islam)


Russu

Russu (feminine singular Russa, plural Russi)

Russa (feminine singular)
Russi (plural)

Russian (of, from or relating to Russia)


Russu

Russian (native or inhabitant of Russia) (male or of unspecified gender)


lett

Alternative form: letta

(nautical) fishing line with large hooks

(nautical) main rope tied to fishing pots


skola

mt-noun

skola f (plural skejjel or skajjel or (obsolete) skoli)

skejjel (plural)
skajjel (plural)
skoli (obsolete plural)

Borrowed from Sicilian scola, from Latin schola, from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ).


jum

jumejn (dual)
jiem (plural)
jumi (first-person singular)
jumna (first-person singular)
jumek (second-person singular)
jumkom (second-person singular)
jumu (masculine singular third-person)
jumha (feminine singular third-person)
jumhom (singular third-person)


ras

ras f (dual (uncommon) rasejn, plural rjus, diminutive rwajsa)

rasejn (dual uncommon)
rjus (plural)
rwajsa (diminutive)

From Arabic رَأْس (raʔs). The word is masculine in standard Arabic, but the feminine is found in some dialects, so there is no need to assume influence by Sicilian testa (though this is not ruled out).

X’sejra ġġibilna ġewwa l-fardal tiegħek.
ja Sena Ġdida?
Ah! biegħed minna
il-għelt, il-ġlied,
id-demm bejn l-aħwa;
rażżan ir-regħba u l-ġibdiet tal-ħakma,
rattab l-irjus u l-qlub,
ġibilna s-sabar ta’ xulxin, l-imħabba,
ġibilna l-għaqda,
ġibilna s-sliem,
ġibilna l-ħelsien!

1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Lis-Sena l-Ġdida 1964”, in Fl-Arena:


landa

suldati tal-landa


delu

delu m (plural idilwa or delijiet or dliewa or dliewi)

idilwa (plural)
delijiet (plural)
dliewa (plural)
dliewi (plural)


spalla

spallejn (dual)
spalel (plural)
spallti (first-person singular)
spallitna (first-person singular)
spalltek (second-person singular)
spallitkom (second-person singular)
spalltu (masculine singular third-person)
spallitha (feminine singular third-person)
spallithom (singular third-person)

Borrowed from Italian spalla or an older variant of Sicilian spadda, both from Latin spatula.


sena

is-sena li għaddiet

is-sena l-oħra

is-sena d-dieħla

is-sena li ġejja

is-sena li jmiss

Qalbi xebgħet bil-bejta
li dejjem ta’ kull sena
titwaqqa’ kull ħarifa,
u kull April tinbena,

1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Bejta ta’ Dejjem”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:


ħalq

ħalq m (plural ħluq, diminutive ħlejjaq or ħlajjaq)

ħluq (plural)
ħlejjaq (diminutive)
ħlajjaq (diminutive)
ħalqi (first-person singular)
ħalqna (first-person singular)
ħalqek (second-person singular)
ħalqkom (second-person singular)
ħalqu (masculine singular third-person)
ħalqha (feminine singular third-person)
ħalqhom (singular third-person)

From Arabic حَلْق (ḥalq, “throat”). Cognate with Gulf Arabic حلج (ḥalj, “mouth”).


omm

omm f (plural ommijiet, masculine missier or bu)

ommijiet (plural)
missier (masculine)
bu (masculine)
ommi (first-person singular)
ommna (first-person singular)
ommok (second-person singular)
ommkom (second-person singular)
ommu (masculine singular third-person)
ommha (feminine singular third-person)
ommhom (singular third-person)

U Adam semma lil martu Eva għax hi kienet omm il-ħajjin kollha.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Ġenesi 3:20:

King James Version translation: And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.


kolera

Ultimately from Latin cholera, from Ancient Greek χολέρᾰ (kholéră).


blu

From Sicilian and/or Italian blu, from Old French bloe, from Frankish *blāu, from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz.


Venere

Borrowed from Italian Venere, from Latin Venus.


santu

(Christianity) saint (male or of unspecified sex)


sekonda

(music) second (interval between two adjacent notes)


ġimgħa

ġimgħa f (dual ġimagħtejn, plural ġimgħat or ġmiegħi or ġmiegħ)

ġimagħtejn (dual)
ġimgħat (plural)
ġmiegħi (plural)
ġmiegħ (plural)

dil-ġimgħa

il-ġimgħa li għaddiet

il-ġimgħa l-oħra

il-ġimgħa li ġejja

il-ġimgħa d-dieħla


ġurnata

Borrowed from Sicilian giurnata, jurnata.


siegħa

siegħa f (dual sagħtejn, plural sigħat or (obsolete) swiegħi, diminutive swejgħa)

sagħtejn (dual)
sigħat (plural)
swiegħi (obsolete plural)
swejgħa (diminutive)

It-trasport lejn il-laboratorju aktarx jieħu iktar minn sitt sigħat.

The transport to the laboratory is likely to take more than six hours.


raba'

From Arabic رابِع (rābiʕ).
The ordinal numbers of 5, 7, 9 and 10 were originally distinguished from the attributive cardinal numbers by vowel length, e.g. ħames with [a] for “five” and [aː] for “fifth”. However, since numerals do not usually bear strong stress in the noun phrase, this distinction ultimately collapsed and the short vowel was generalised. Analogously, raba' (“fourth”) was also affected by this shortening, but the form nevertheless remained distinct from erba’ (“four”). By contrast, tieni (“second”) and tielet (“third”) have preserved their long vowel.


qantar

qantar m (dual qantarejn, plural qnatar)

From Arabic قِنْطار (qinṭār), from Classical Syriac ܩܢܛܝܢܪܐ (qanṭīnārā), from Ancient Greek κεντηνάριον (kentēnárion), from Latin centēnārium. Doublet of ċentinarju.

a traditional unit of weight, still used e.g. in farming, equivalent to 100 ratal, that is officially 175 imperial pounds (79.38 kg), now widely metrified informally to mean 80 kilogrammes


familja

familja f (construct state familt, plural familji)

familt (construct)
familji (plural)
familti (first-person singular)
familtna (first-person singular)
familtek (second-person singular)
familtkom (second-person singular)
familtu (masculine singular third-person)
familtha (feminine singular third-person)
familthom (singular third-person)

tal-familja

raġel tal-familja

ġie bis-Sagra Familja (pejorative)


sentenza

(law) sentence (judicial order for punishment)

(grammar) sentence (grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate)


dragun

Borrowed from Sicilian draguni, from Latin dracō.


papoċċa

Borrowed from Sicilian papoccia, from Ottoman Turkish پاپوش (papuş), from Persian پاپوش (pâ-puš).


qawsalla

qawsalla f (plural qawsalel or qawsalli)

Univerbation of qaws Alla, literally “bow of God”, from Arabic قَوْس الله (qaws allāh, “bow of God”), pious alteration of قَوْس قُزَح (qaws quzaḥ), which was named after a pre-Islamic deity, but continues to be the predominant form in Arabic.


torri

Borrowed from Sicilian turri and/or Italian torre, from Latin turris, from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis).


baħri

mt-adjective

baħri (feminine singular baħrija, plural baħrin)

baħrija (feminine singular)
baħrin (plural)

From Arabic بَحْرِيّ (baḥriyy). By surface analysis, baħar + -i.


xagħar

xagħra (singulative)
xagħriet (paucal)
xagħri (first-person singular)
xagħarna (first-person singular)
xagħrek (second-person singular)
xagħarkom (second-person singular)
xagħru (masculine singular third-person)
xagħarha (feminine singular third-person)
xagħarhom (singular third-person)

Għandu xagħru iswed.

He has black hair. (literally, “He has his hair black.”)

Bl-istess libsa vjola, tikxifli ħobbok
lewn l-ewwel ftira ma’ ħjiel iż-żerniq,
bl-istess sandli, difrejk ħomor daqs qalbi,
u xagħrek immewweġ jofrogħ fir-riħ.

2021 [2017], Antoine Cassar, Erbgħin Jum, 2ⁿᵈ edition, Malta: Ede Books:


żiemel

mt-noun

żiemel m (plural żwiemel, feminine debba, diminutive żwejmel)

żwiemel (plural)
debba (feminine)
żwejmel (diminutive)

From Arabic زَامِل (zāmil, “horse or wild ass”), related to زَامِلَة (zāmila, “(she-)camel used to carrying something”).


mnieħer

mt-noun

mnieħer m (plural (rare ad-hoc formations) mneħrijiet or mniħrijiet)

mneħrijiet (plural rare)
mniħrijiet (plural)
mnieħri (first-person singular)
mneħirna (first-person singular)
mniħirna (first-person singular)
mnieħrek (second-person singular)
mneħirkom (second-person singular)
mniħirkom (second-person singular)
mnieħru (masculine singular third-person)
mneħirha (feminine singular third-person)
mniħirha (feminine singular third-person)
mneħirhom (singular third-person)
mniħirhom (singular third-person)

From Arabic مَناخِير (manāḵīr), plural of مِنْخار (minḵār, “nostril”), whence Maltese minħar. Arabic dialects have widely lost the word أَنْف (ʔanf, “nose”) and replaced it with this word (either the plural as in Maltese, or the singular).


tieni

inh

Arabic ثَانِي (ṯānī)

second (of a series or order, after first and before third)


stalla

From older Sicilian *stalla (now stadda) and/or Italian stalla, both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stallaz.

stable, sty, barn (building where animals are kept)


investa

mt-verb

investa (imperfect jinvesta, past participle investit, verbal noun investir)

jinvesta (imperfect)
investit (participle past)
investir (noun-from-verb)
investajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
investajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
investa (masculine perfect singular third-person)
investajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
investajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
investaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
investajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
investajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
investat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
investajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
investajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
investaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ninvesta (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tinvesta (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jinvesta (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ninvestaw (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tinvestaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jinvestaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ninvesta (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tinvesta (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tinvesta (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ninvestaw (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tinvestaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jinvestaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
investa (imperative second-person singular)
investaw (imperative plural second-person)

(finance) to invest (to spend money, time, or energy on something)


frikativ

mt-adjective

frikativ (feminine singular frikativa, plural frikativi)

frikativa (feminine singular)
frikativi (plural)


Indri

Borrowed from Sicilian Andrìa, from Latin Andreas, from Ancient Greek Ἀνδρέας (Andréas). It being an early borrowing, the initial vowel underwent regular imala. Otherwise one would expect Indrija. It may be conjectured that the -a was deleted in order to avoid the feminine-sounding ending and the stress then shifted to the first syllable according to the stress system of older Maltese.

(also biblical) a male given name from Sicilian [in turn from Latin, in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Andrew


Nikola

Borrowed from Sicilian Nicola and/or Italian Nicola, from Latin Nīcolāus, from Ancient Greek Νῑκόλᾱος (Nīkólāos).

a male given name from Sicilian [in turn from Latin, in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Nicholas


Afgan

Afgan (feminine singular Afgana, plural Afgani)

Afgana (feminine singular)
Afgani (plural)


mannara

From Sicilian mannara (“axe, large knife”), from Latin manuārius. Compare Italian mannaia.

Nara wiċċek, ninsa d-dinja. Isbaħ minnek ma rajt qatt.
 Nagħmel rasi taħt mannara, jekk narak f’idejn xi ħadd.

Traditional (lyrics and music), “Ja ħanina”, performed by Frans Baldacchino:

When I see your face, I forget the world. I’ve never seen anything more beautiful than you.
 I’d put my head under an axe if I should see you in someone else’s arms.


kannella

From Italian cannella or a Sicilian equivalent.


Tnejn

inh

الْاِثْنَيْن


Tlieta

From Arabic الثُّلَاثَاء (aṯ-ṯulāṯāʔ).

الثُّلَاثَاء

Arabic الثُّلَاثَاء (aṯ-ṯulāṯāʔ)


Erbgħa

From Arabic الْأَرْبَعَاء (al-ʔarbaʕāʔ).

الْأَرْبَعَاء

Arabic الْأَرْبَعَاء (al-ʔarbaʕāʔ)


Sibt

Root
 s-b-t
 0 terms
From Arabic السَّبْت (as-sabt).

Saturday, the cessation or last day of the week.


rebbiegħa

Il-Għanja tiegħi tazza
mimlija min-nixxiegħa
tal-ferħ li ssaqqi u tkabbar
il-ħlejjaq fir-rebbiegħa.

1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Għanja ta’ Żgħożiti”, in Mill-Gallerija ta’ Żgħożiti:


nixxiegħa

/nɪʃˈʃɪː.ja/

/nɪʃˈʃɪː.aˤ/

1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Għanja ta’ Żgħożiti”, in Mill-Gallarija ta’ Żgħożiti:


seklu

Tweġibiet għal dawn il-mistoqsijiet imorru lura għal madwar seklu u nofs (jew aktar) qabel ma seħħew dawn il-ħruxijiet.

2022, Alfred Massa, Il-Ħarba, Horizons, →ISBN, page 5:


Awstralja

Australia (A country in Oceania comprising the islands of Australia, Tasmania and other smaller islands in the Pacific Ocean, as well as a former colony in the British Empire)

(geology) Australia (a continent consisting of the islands of Australia, New Guinea and intervening islands)


Albaniż

mt-adjective

Albaniż (feminine singular Albaniża, plural Albaniżi)

Albaniża (feminine singular)
Albaniżi (plural)

Albanian (of, from or relating to Albania)


Albaniż

mt-noun

Albaniż m (plural Albaniżi, feminine Albaniża)

Albanian (native or inhabitant of Albania) (male or of unspecified gender)


ċentinarju

ċentinarju m (plural ċentinarji, feminine ċentinarja)

ċentinarji (plural)
ċentinarja (feminine)

Ultimately from Latin centēnārius (“containing hundred”), from centum (“hundred”). Doublet of qantar.


reġina

From Italian regina and/or Sicilian rigina, riggina, both from Latin rēgīna. If originally borrowed from Sicilian, the form would have been later influenced by either the masculine re (“king”) or the Italian form.


Daniż

mt-adjective

Daniż (feminine singular Daniża, plural Daniżi)

Daniża (feminine singular)
Daniżi (plural)

Danish (of, from or relating to Denmark)


Daniż

mt-noun

Daniż m (plural Daniżi, feminine Daniża)

Dane (native or inhabitant of Denmark) (male or of unspecified gender)


oħt

oħt f (plural aħwa or ħut, masculine ħu)

aħwa (plural)
ħut (plural)
ħu (masculine)
oħti (first-person singular)
oħtna (first-person singular)
oħtok (second-person singular)
oħtkom (second-person singular)
oħtu (masculine singular third-person)
oħtha (feminine singular third-person)
oħthom (singular third-person)

oħtok

oħt missieru


soru

soru f (plural sorijiet, masculine patri)

Borrowed from Sicilian soru, from Latin soror. Cognate with English sister.

(Christianity) a nun, sister (in this sense)


ċomb

Borrowed from Sicilian chiummu, chiumbu (“lead”).


ħadid

ħadida (singulative)
ħdejjed (plural)
ħadidiet (paucal)


żaqq

żaqq f (plural żquq, diminutive żqajqa or żaqquqa)

żquq (plural)
żqajqa (diminutive)
żaqquqa (diminutive)

From Arabic زِقّ (ziqq, “skin bag for liquids, waterskin”), from Classical Syriac ܙܩܐ (zeqqā, “idem”), which might be a variant of ܣܩܐ (saqqā, “sack, bag”). The last is cognate with Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “sack, bag, sackcloth”), whence also English sack and Maltese saqqu (“mattress”).


fotografu

mt-noun

fotografu m (plural fotografi, feminine fotografa)


palladju

(chemistry) palladium (chemical element)


difer

difer m (dual difrejn, plural difrejn or dwiefer)

difrejn (dual)
difrejn (plural)
dwiefer (plural)
difri (first-person singular)
difirna (first-person singular)
difrek (second-person singular)
difirkom (second-person singular)
difru (masculine singular third-person)
difirha (feminine singular third-person)
difirhom (singular third-person)

From Arabic ظُفْر (ẓufr). The unexpected imala may be connected to an irregular development in some roots with final /r/, compare deher and sider.


musmar

From Arabic مِسْمَار (mismār). Compare Moroccan Arabic مسمار (musmār).

(masonry) header (brick that is laid sideways)


Lejliet il-Milied

From Arabic لَيْلَة اَلْمِيلاد (laylat al-mīlād).

inh

لَيْلَة اَلْمِيلاد

Literally, “nights of Christmas”.

Christmas Eve (nights before the final night of Christmas).


furnar

mt-noun

furnar m (plural furnara, feminine furnara)

Borrowed from Sicilian furnaru, from Latin furnārius.


kimiku

kimiku m (plural kimiċi, feminine kimika)


Għanja tal-Għanjiet

l- Għanja tal-Għanjiet (canonical feminine)

Calque of Latin Canticum Canticorum, itself of Ancient Greek ᾎσμα τῶν ᾈσμάτων (Âisma tôn Āismátōn), itself of Hebrew שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים (šīr haš-šīrīm).

der

ᾎσμα τῶν ᾈσμάτων

שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים

šīr haš-šīrīm

(biblical) Canticles, Song of Songs, Song of Solomon


Spanjol

mt-adjective

Spanjol (feminine singular Spanjola, plural Spanjoli)

Spanjola (feminine singular)
Spanjoli (plural)

Borrowed from Sicilian spagnolu and/or Italian spagnolo.


Spanjol

mt-noun

Spanjol m (plural Spanjoli, feminine Spanjola)

Spaniard (native or inhabitant of Spain) (male or of unspecified gender)


Taljan

mt-adjective

Taljan (feminine singular Taljana, plural Taljani)

Taljana (feminine singular)
Taljani (plural)


Taljan

mt-noun

Taljan m (plural Taljani, feminine Taljana)

Italian (native or inhabitant of Italy) (male or of unspecified gender)


Taljana

Taljana f (plural Taljani, masculine Taljan)

female Italian (female native or inhabitant of Italy)


lvant

Borrowed from Sicilian livanti, from Latin levans.


punent

Borrowed from Sicilian punenti, from Latin ponens.


missier

missier m (plural missirijiet or misserijiet, feminine omm)

missirijiet (plural)
misserijiet (plural)
omm (feminine)
missieri (first-person singular)
missierna (first-person singular)
missierek (second-person singular)
missierkom (second-person singular)
missieru (masculine singular third-person)
missierha (feminine singular third-person)
missierhom (singular third-person)

From older Sicilian misseri, from Old Occitan meser. Cognate with French monsieur, obsolete Italian messere. Displaced native Maltese bu.

Dawn id-drawwiet writniehom mingħand missirijietna.

We have inherited these customs from our forefathers.

(chiefly in the plural) forefather, ancestor


tifla

tifla f (plural bniet, masculine tifel, diminutive tfajla)

bniet (plural)
tifel (masculine)
tfajla (diminutive)

From Arabic طِفْلة (ṭifla, “little girl”), feminine of طِفْل (ṭifl). Equivalent to tifel + -a.
The plural bniet is from Arabic بَنات (banāt), thus originally plural of bint (“daughter”), but now not commonly used anymore to mean “female offspring” specifically, for which ulied bniet (literally “children girls”).


widna

widna f (dual widintejn, plural widnejn)

widintejn (dual)
widnejn (plural)
widinti (first-person singular)
widnitna (first-person singular)
widintek (second-person singular)
widnitkom (second-person singular)
widintu (masculine singular third-person)
widnitha (feminine singular third-person)
widnithom (singular third-person)


għadira

għadira f (plural għadajjar, diminutive għadajra)

għadajjar (plural)
għadajra (diminutive)

From Arabic غَدِير (ḡadīr, “brook, pond, puddle”).


demm

mt-noun

demm m (plural dmija or dmum or dmiem or dmijiet)

dmija (plural)
dmum (plural)
dmiem (plural)
dmijiet (plural)


lumin

(historical units of measurement) a unit of dry volume that is officially 1.849 imperial cubic inches (30.31 mL).


feda

mt-verb

feda (imperfect jifdi, past participle mifdi, verbal noun fidi)

jifdi (imperfect)
mifdi (participle past)
fidi (noun-from-verb)
fdejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
fdejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
feda (masculine perfect singular third-person)
fdejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
fdejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
fdew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
fdejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
fdejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
fdiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
fdejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
fdejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
fdew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nifdi (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tifdi (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jifdi (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nifdu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tifdu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jifdu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nifdi (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tifdi (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tifdi (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nifdu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tifdu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jifdu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ifdi (imperative second-person singular)
ifdu (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic فَدَى (fadā), which is also used in the Christian religious sense. The financial sense is probably a loan translation of or at least influenced by English redeem. Unrelated with borrowed fada (“to trust”).

(also Christianity) to redeem; to ransom; to deliver


blinka

Borrowed from Australian English blinker.


għajn

għajnejn (plural)
għajni (first-person singular)
għajnna (first-person singular)
għajnek (second-person singular)
għajnkom (second-person singular)
għajnu (masculine singular third-person)
għajnha (feminine singular third-person)
għajnhom (singular third-person)

”Taħseb li r-Russi m’humiex b’seba’ għajnejn biex jaraw min qed jidħol fl-Ammbaxxati tal-Punent? Jien għandi ħsieb ieħor”, qalilna Alexander.

2018 [1977], Alfred Massa, L-Istar tal-Imgħoddi, 2nd edition, Horizons, page 80:


ċentru

center (place where a function or activity occurs)


sema

Is-sema bagħatlu sabi u s-sultan żamm kelmtu!

2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:


mimmi

(anatomy) pupil (the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye)


kewkba

mt-noun

kewkba f (plural kwiekeb, paucal kewkbiet)


iben

iben m (construct state iben or bin, plural ulied)

iben (construct)
bin (construct)
ulied (plural)
ibni (first-person singular)
binna (first-person singular)
ibnek (second-person singular)
binkom (second-person singular)
ibnu (masculine singular third-person)
binha (feminine singular third-person)
binhom (singular third-person)


gaffa

Borrowed from Sicilian gaffa. Sense 3 is from Italian gaffa.


Marija

Borrowed from Sicilian Marìa, from Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), from Aramaic מַרְיָם (Maryām).

(also biblical) a female given name from Sicilian [in turn from Latin, in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Aramaic], equivalent to English Mary


oċean

/ɔˈt͡ʃɛː.an/


sahra

From Arabic سَهْرَة (sahra, “instance of waking the night”).

inh

(religion) vigil (private or communal act of devotion at nighttime)

Fir-raba’ sahra tal-lejl mar lejn in-naħa tagħhom miexi fuq il-baħar.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, San Mattew 14:25:

New International Version translation: Shortly before dawn Jesus went out to them, walking on the lake.

(historical, biblical) watch; watch of the night (one of four divisions of the night in Antiquity)


tomna

(historical units of measurement) a unit of dry volume, equivalent to 10 siegħ, that is officially 0.6422 imperial cubic feet (18.18 L).


wirk

mt-noun

wirk m (dual wirkejn, plural uriek, diminutive wrejjek)

wirkejn (dual)
uriek (plural)
wrejjek (diminutive)
wirki (first-person singular)
wirkna (first-person singular)
wirkek (second-person singular)
wirkkom (second-person singular)
wirku (masculine singular third-person)
wirkha (feminine singular third-person)
wirkhom (singular third-person)


qamar

qamar m (plural qmura or oqmra or qomra, diminutive qmajjar)

qmura (plural)
oqmra (plural)
qomra (plural)
qmajjar (diminutive)

Stagħnejt, ja Qamar,
dal-lejl bil-poeżija
tar-realtà.

1998, Anton Buttigieg, “Lill-Qamar”, in Żibeġ u Boċċi:


Malti

mt-adjective

Malti (feminine singular Maltija, plural Maltin)

Maltija (feminine singular)
Maltin (plural)

From Arabic مالْطِيّ (mālṭiyy). By surface analysis, Malta + -i.


Malti

mt-noun

Malti m (plural Maltin, feminine Maltija)

Maltese (native or inhabitant of Malta) (male or of unspecified gender)


patri

patri m (plural patrijiet, feminine soru)

Borrowed from Sicilian patri, from Latin pater.


idroġenu

Borrowed from Italian idrogeno, from French hydrogène.


ażotu

Borrowed from Italian azoto, influenced by English azote.

(chemistry) Synonym of nitroġenu: nitrogen


gambetta

Borrowed from Italian gambetto. Doublet of gambit.

Alternative form: gambit


wieħed

mt-numeral

wieħed m (plural uħud or (usually non-personal) waħdiet, feminine waħda)

uħud (plural)
waħdiet (plural usually)
waħda (feminine)

Jien, li fl-imħabba kelli biss sensiela twila ta’ diżappunti; jien li kont bdejt nemmen li qatt mhu se nsib lil min iħobbni, issa kont ħassejt li f’salt wieħed seħħ miraklu. Kont skirt bl-imħabba.


velu

Borrowed from Sicilian velu and/or Italian velo, from Latin velum.


mandra

mt-noun

mandra f (plural mnadar, paucal mandriet, diminutive mnajdra)

mnadar (plural)
mandriet (paucal)
mnajdra (diminutive)

Borrowed from Italian mandra, variant of mandria, from Latin mandra, from Ancient Greek μάνδρα (mándra).

an outdoors pen, traditionally in the courtyard of a farmhouse, used mostly for small livestock such as chickens, goats, etc.


qalb

qlub (plural)
qalbi (first-person singular)
qalbna (first-person singular)
qalbek (second-person singular)
qalbkom (second-person singular)
qalbu (masculine singular third-person)
qalbha (feminine singular third-person)
qalbhom (singular third-person)

From Arabic قَلْب (qalb). The feminine gender in Maltese is unusual since the Arabic etymon is masculine, its form is that of a masculine, and even the Romance equivalents (Sicilian cori, Italian cuore) are masculine. One might suspect influence by the semantically related ras (“head”) and ruħ (“soul”), which are feminine; but this is mere conjecture.

Ta’ ferħ u serħ imlietni, u bħall-għasafar
u l-friefet jien għamilt: minn fjur għal fjur
ħsiebi tar bħal farfett, taħt siġra kbira
qalbi fesdqet il-għana bħal għasfur.

1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Fil-Ġnien”, in Fl-Arena:


ħolom

joħlom (imperfect)
ħlomt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħlomt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ħolom (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ħlomna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ħlomtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ħolmu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ħlomt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħlomt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ħolmot (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ħlomna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ħlomtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ħolmu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
noħlom (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
toħlom (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
joħlom (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
noħolmu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
toħolmu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
joħolmu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
noħlom (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
toħlom (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
toħlom (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
noħolmu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
toħolmu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
joħolmu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
oħlom (imperative second-person singular)
oħolmu (imperative plural second-person)

Dal-lejl ħlomt ħolma.
Waħda ħelwa, imma stramba.
Fil-verità, waħda li qed noħlom ta’ spiss.

2019, Kristina Borg, Imkejjen u Rkejjen, Ede Books, →ISBN, page 18:

Last night I had a dream.
A pleasant dream, but strange.
Actually, it's a recurring dream.


ekonomista

ekonomista m or f by sense (plural ekonomisti)


baħar

baħar m (plural ibħra or bħur or bħura or bħar, diminutive bħajjar or bħajjer)

ibħra (plural)
bħur (plural)
bħura (plural)
bħar (plural)
bħajjar (diminutive)
bħajjer (diminutive)
baħri (first-person singular)
baħarna (first-person singular)
baħrek (second-person singular)
baħarkom (second-person singular)
baħru (masculine singular third-person)
baħarha (feminine singular third-person)
baħarhom (singular third-person)


spiżjar

spiżjar m (plural spiżjari, feminine spiżjara)


ċirku

ċirku m (plural ċrieki or ċirkijiet, diminutive ċrejjek)

ċrieki (plural)
ċirkijiet (plural)
ċrejjek (diminutive)


Kanċer

(astrology) Synonym of Il-Qabru: Cancer (zodiac sign)


Daniża

Daniża f (plural Daniżi, masculine Daniż)

female Danish (female native or inhabitant of Denmark)


libsa

From Arabic لِبْسة (libsa, “attire, choice of clothes”, in dialects also “garment, dress”).


kesa

mt-verb

kesa (imperfect jiksi, past participle miksi, verbal noun kisi)

jiksi (imperfect)
miksi (participle past)
kisi (noun-from-verb)
ksejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ksejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
kesa (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ksejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ksejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ksew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ksejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ksejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ksiet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ksejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ksejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ksew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niksi (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiksi (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiksi (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niksu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiksu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiksu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niksi (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiksi (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiksi (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niksu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiksu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiksu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
iksi (imperative second-person singular)
iksu (imperative plural second-person)


mija

mt-numeral

mija m or f (dual mitejn, plural mijiet)

Coordinate term: (attributive form) mitt


senat

Borrowed from Italian senato, from Latin senatus.


singulari

Borrowed from Italian singolare and/or Sicilian singulari, from Latin singularis.


tifel

mt-noun

tifel m (plural tfal or subien, feminine tifla, diminutive tfajjel)

tfal (plural)
subien (plural)
tifla (feminine)
tfajjel (diminutive)
tifli (first-person singular)
tifilna (first-person singular)
tiflek (second-person singular)
tifilkom (second-person singular)
tiflu (masculine singular third-person)
tifilha (feminine singular third-person)
tifilhom (singular third-person)


ħabb

ħabba (singulative)
ħabbtejn (dual)
ħbub (plural)
ħabbiet (paucal)

Root
 ħ-b-b (seed)
 0 terms
From Arabic حَبّ (ḥabb)


librerija

Borrowed from Italian libreria (“bookshop; private library”), perhaps influenced semantically by English library.

bor+

Benna baqra għaqlija, kotba qrat fuq mija.
 U l-ħolma tagħha hija li taħdem ġo librerija.

2015, Michael Piscopo (lyrics and music), “Benna l-Baqra”performed by Phyllisienne Brincat and her Children’s Choir:

Benna is a clever cow, she’s read over a hundred books.
 And her dream is to work in a library.

library (book collection, whether private or accessible to the public)


orjentazzjoni sesswali

mt-noun

orjentazzjoni sesswali f (plural orjentazzjonijiet sesswali)


iżlam

Alternative form of islam: Islam (religion)


Kristjaneżmu

Borrowed from Italian cristianesimo, from Latin Christianismus, from Ancient Greek Χριστιανισμός (Khristianismós).

der

Χριστιανισμός


anġlu

Borrowed from Sicilian àngilu, àncilu, from Latin angelus (“angel”).


ġilda

mt-noun

ġilda f (plural ġlud, diminutive ġlejda)

ġlud (plural)
ġlejda (diminutive)
ġildti (first-person singular)
ġilditna (first-person singular)
ġildtek (second-person singular)
ġilditkom (second-person singular)
ġildtu (masculine singular third-person)
ġilditha (feminine singular third-person)
ġildithom (singular third-person)


prepuzju

F’xi kulturi jaqtgħu l-prepuzju tat-trabi.

In some cultures they cut babies’ foreskin.


psikoloġija

Psikoloġija jien qatt ma studjajt,
 Biss meta mdejjaq, issibni warajk.

2014, “Jien ma naħdimx”performed by Karen DeBattista:

Psychology I’ve never studied,
 But when you’re depressed, you find me there for you.


sorm

srum (plural)
sram (plural)
sorom (plural)

X’sorm għandu dak ir-raġel.

(anatomy, potentially vulgar) butt, buttocks, arse, ass


borża

borża f (plural boroż, diminutive borżetta)


toqba tas-sorm

toqba tas-sorm f (plural toqob tas-srum)

Ilek ma taħsel it-toqba ta’ sormok.


wiċċ

wċuħ (plural)
wiċċi (first-person singular)
wiċċna (first-person singular)
wiċċek (second-person singular)
wiċċkom (second-person singular)
wiċċu (masculine singular third-person)
wiċċha (feminine singular third-person)
wiċċhom (singular third-person)

From Arabic وَجْه (wajh). Compare North Levantine Arabic وج (wijj), وش (wišš), وتش (witš) and Egyptian Arabic وِشّ (wišš).

Pereżempju qatt innutajtu s-simetrija bilaterali perfetta tal-ġwienaħ ta’ farfett, tad-denb ta’ pagun, jew għall-inqas tal-wiċċ uman?

2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:

For example, have you ever noticed the perfect bilateral symmetry of a butterfly’s wings, a peacock’s tail, or at least the human face?

taħt it-tbissima
falza ta’ wiċċi
kien hemm in-niket
u dwejjaq kbar
u biża’ minnek.

1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Lis-Sena l-Ġdida 1964”, in Fl-Arena:


ġisem

iġsma (plural)
ġismi (first-person singular)
ġisimna (first-person singular)
ġismek (second-person singular)
ġisimkom (second-person singular)
ġismu (masculine singular third-person)
ġisimha (feminine singular third-person)
ġisimhom (singular third-person)

Għandi ġismi kbir.

I have a big body. (literally, “I have my body big.”)


għasar

From Arabic عَصْر (ʕaṣr).
The religious use is based on the Islamic afternoon prayer. Catholic vespers are typically held at 6 pm, but were often brought forward to the last hour before sunset during the winter. The word counts among the specifically Islamic terms preserved by the (re-)converted Maltese as against the use of Middle Eastern Christians; compare Randan (“Lent”) and others.

(Islam) asr, the afternoon Islamic prayer


żerriegħa

żerriegħa f (plural żrieragħ, paucal żerrigħat)

From Arabic زَرِّيعَة (zarrīʕa, “seed”).


driegħ

driegħ m (dual dirgħajn, plural dirgħajn or idirgħa, diminutive drejjagħ)

dirgħajn (dual)
dirgħajn (plural)
idirgħa (plural)
drejjagħ (diminutive)
driegħi (first-person singular)
driegħna (first-person singular)
driegħek (second-person singular)
driegħkom (second-person singular)
driegħu (masculine singular third-person)
driegħha (feminine singular third-person)
driegħhom (singular third-person)

Xejn ma baqa’ mill-biża’ f’għajnejk u xejn ma baqa’ mir-reżistenza f’dirgħajk.

2023, Nathan Anthony Pace, dbilt qabel kbirt, →ISBN, page 9:

Nothing remained of the fear in your eyes and nothing remained of the resistance in your arms.


gerżuma

gerżuma f (dual griżmejn, plural grieżem)

From Maghrebi Arabic, from a Berber language. Compare Libyan Arabic قرجومة (garjūma), Moroccan Arabic قرجوطة (qarjūṭa).


lsien

lsien m (plural ilsna, diminutive lsejjen)

ilsna (plural)
lsejjen (diminutive)
lsieni (first-person singular)
lsienna (first-person singular)
lsienek (second-person singular)
lsienkom (second-person singular)
lsienu (masculine singular third-person)
lsienha (feminine singular third-person)
lsienhom (singular third-person)


unità astronomika

unità astronomika f (plural unitajiet astronomiċi)

Internationalism; compare English astronomical unit, Italian unità astronomica.


xoffa

xoffa f (plural xufftejn or xofftejn or xoffiet, diminutive xfejfa)

xufftejn (plural)
xofftejn (plural)
xoffiet (plural)
xfejfa (diminutive)
xoffti (first-person singular)
xoffitna (first-person singular)
xofftok (second-person singular)
xoffitkom (second-person singular)
xofftu (masculine singular third-person)
xoffitha (feminine singular third-person)
xoffithom (singular third-person)


konjugazzjoni

konjugazzjoni f (plural konjugazzjonijiet)


beżżula

beżżula f (plural bżieżel or beżżuliet, diminutive bżejżla)

bżieżel (plural)
beżżuliet (plural)
bżejżla (diminutive)

From Arabic بَزُّولَة (bazzūla). Compare Moroccan Arabic بزولة (bazzūla, “breast”), Tunisian Arabic بزّولة (bazzūla/bizzūla, “breast”).

cog

ras il-beżżula


awrina

From Italian urina or less probably Sicilian orina, both from Latin urīna. The initial a- would seem due to a backformation from l-awrina, from Italian la urina with the definite article. (The contraction l'urina was not obligatory in older Italian.)


rektum

Ultimately from New Latin rectum, clipping of Latin rectum intestinum (literally “the straight intestine”).


interazzjoni fundamentali

mt-noun

interazzjoni fundamentali f (plural interazzjonijiet fundamentali)

Internationalism; compare English fundamental interaction.

fundamental interaction
fundamental interaction


interazzjoni elettromanjetika

electromagnetic interaction
electromagnetic interaction


interazzjoni gravitazzjonali

gravitational interaction
gravitational interaction


interazzjoni nukleari dgħajfa

weak nuclear interaction
weak nuclear interaction


interazzjoni nukleari qawwija

Internationalism; compare English strong nuclear interaction.

strong nuclear interaction
strong nuclear interaction


interazzjoni qawwija

Internationalism; compare English strong interaction.


qawwi

mt-adjective

qawwi (feminine singular qawwija, plural qawwijin, comparative aqwa or iqwa)

qawwija (feminine singular)
qawwijin (plural)
aqwa (comparative)
iqwa (comparative)


elettromanjetiżmu

Borrowed from Italian elettromagnetismo.


riħ solari

/ˌrɪːħ sɔˈlaː.rɪ/


modd

(historical units of measurement) a unit of dry volume, that is officially 10.27 imperial cubic feet (290.9 L).


martell

mt-noun

martell m (plural mrietel, diminutive mrejtel)

Borrowed from Italian martello or from an older variant of Sicilian marteddu, both from Late Latin martellus.

Raġel armat b’martell attakka u darab lil talanqas 20 tfal fi skola primarja ta’ Beijing qabel spiċċa arrestat mill-pulizija.

2019, Richard Cassar, “Iċ-Ċina: Tfal midruba minn raġel armat b’martell”, in Net News:

A man armed with a hammer attacked and wounded at least 20 children in a primary school in Beijing before ending up being arrested by police.


tlieta

inh

Arabic ثَلَاثَة (ṯalāṯa)


żewġ

żwieġ (plural)
mara (feminine)
żewġi (first-person singular)
żewġna (first-person singular)
żewġek (second-person singular)
żewġkom (second-person singular)
żewġu (masculine singular third-person)
żewġha (feminine singular third-person)
żewġhom (singular third-person)

From Arabic زَوْج (zawj, “pair”), from Ancient Greek ζεῦγος (zeûgos, “yoke”). Compare Moroccan Arabic جوج (jūj).


darba

mt-noun

darba f (dual darbtejn, plural drabi, paucal darbiet)

darbtejn (dual)
drabi (plural)
darbiet (paucal)

From Arabic ضَرْبة (ḍarba, “strike, blow”).


tielet

third (of a series or order, after second and before fourth)


ħdax

From Arabic أَحَدَ عَشَرَ (ʔaḥada ʕašara). By surface analysis, (wie)ħed + -ax. Compare Moroccan Arabic حداش (ḥdāš).

inh

أَحَدَ عَشَرَ

Arabic أَحَدَ عَشَرَ (ʔaḥada ʕašara)

Coordinate term: (attributive form) ħdax-il


tnax

From Arabic اِثْنَا عَشَرَ (iṯnā ʕašara). By surface analysis, tn(ejn) + ax. Compare Moroccan Arabic تناش (tnāš).

اِثْنَا عَشَرَ

Arabic اِثْنَا عَشَرَ (iṯnā ʕašara)

Coordinate term: (attributive form) tnax-il


tlettax

From Arabic ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ (ṯalāṯata ʕašara). By surface analysis, tlitt + -ax. Compare Moroccan Arabic تلتاش (tlattāš).

ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ

Coordinate term: (attributive form) tlettax-il


erbatax

From Arabic أَرْبَعَةَ عَشَرَ (ʔarbaʕata ʕašara). By surface analysis, erbat + -ax.

أَرْبَعَةَ عَشَرَ

Coordinate term: (attributive form) erbatax-il


ħmistax

From Arabic خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ (ḵamsata ʕašara). By surface analysis, ħamest + -ax. Compare Moroccan Arabic خمستاش (ḵmastāš), Tunisian Arabic خمستاش (ḵmastāš), Gulf Arabic خمستعش (ḵəmistəʕəš), Egyptian Arabic خمستاشر (ḵamastāšar).

خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ

Coordinate term: (attributive form) ħmistax-il


sittax

From Arabic سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ (sittata ʕašara). By surface analysis, sitt + -ax. Compare Moroccan Arabic ستاش (sittāš), Egyptian Arabic ستاشر (sittāšar).

سِتَّةَ عَشَرَ

Coordinate term: (attributive form) sittax-il


sbatax

From Arabic سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ (sabʕata ʕašara). By surface analysis, sebat + -ax. Compare Moroccan Arabic سبعتاش (sbaʕtāš), Egyptian Arabic سبعتاشر (sabaʕtāšar).

سَبْعَةَ عَشَرَ

Coordinate term: (attributive form) sbatax-il


tmintax

From Arabic ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ (ṯamāniyata ʕašara). By surface analysis, tmint + -ax. Compare Moroccan Arabic تمنتاش (tmantāš), Egyptian Arabic تمنتاشر (tamantāšar).

ثَمَانِيَةَ عَشَرَ

Coordinate term: (attributive form) tmintax-il


dsatax

From Arabic تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ (tisʕata ʕašara). By surface analysis, disat + -ax. Compare Egyptian Arabic تسعتاشر (tisʕatāšar).

تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ

Coordinate term: (attributive form) dsatax-il


għoxrin

Arabic عِشْرِين (ʕišrīn)


mitejn

From Arabic مِئَتَيْنِ (miʔatayni). By surface analysis, mija + -ejn.


tletin

Arabic ثَلَاثِين (ṯalāṯīn)


erbgħin

Arabic أَرْبَعِين (ʔarbaʕīn)


tmenin

Arabic ثَمَانِين (ṯamānīn)


żero

Borrowed from Italian zero, from Medieval Latin zephirum, from Arabic صِفْر (ṣifr, “nothing, cipher”).


qima

From Arabic قِيمَة (qīma, “worth, value”).

respect; veneration
(religion) worship (of God)

respect; veneration
(religion) veneration (of saints etc.)

respect; veneration
veneration (of saints etc.)


ħu

aħwa (plural)
ħut (plural)
oħt (feminine)
ħija (first-person singular)
ħuna (first-person singular)
ħuk (second-person singular)
ħukom (second-person singular)
ħuh (masculine singular third-person)
ħuha (feminine singular third-person)
ħuhom (singular third-person)

From Arabic أَخُو (ʔaḵū), construct form of أَخ (ʔaḵ, “brother”).

ħuk

ħu ommha

her mother’s brother, her maternal uncle

X’sejra ġġibilna ġewwa l-fardal tiegħek.
ja Sena Ġdida?
Ah! biegħed minna
il-għelt, il-ġlied,
id-demm bejn l-aħwa;
rażżan ir-regħba u l-ġibdiet tal-ħakma,
rattab l-irjus u l-qlub,
ġibilna s-sabar ta’ xulxin, l-imħabba,
ġibilna l-għaqda,
ġibilna s-sliem,
ġibilna l-ħelsien!


butir

Borrowed from Sicilian butiru, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron).


tirma

Compare to Moroccan Arabic ترمة (tarma, “ass, buttocks”) and Tunisian Arabic ترمة (tirma, “ass, buttocks”). The term possibly traces back to an old dialect word "ṯulma", meaning breach, hole, gap.

cog

(anatomy, vulgar) backside, ass, arse, buttocks


molibdenu

(chemistry) molybdenum (chemical element)


ġelat

Borrowed from Italian gelato, from Latin gelātus.


azzjoni

Borrowed from Italian azione and/or Sicilian azzioni, from Latin āctiō.


Franċiż

mt-noun

Franċiż m (plural Franċiżi, feminine Franċiża)


Korsikan

mt-adjective

Korsikan (feminine singular Korsikana, plural Korsikani)

Korsikana (feminine singular)
Korsikani (plural)


Korsikan

mt-noun

Korsikan m (plural Korsikani, feminine Korsikana)


ziju

zijiet (plural)
zija (feminine)
zijuwi (first-person singular)
zijuna (first-person singular)
zijuk (second-person singular)
zijukom (second-person singular)
zijuh (masculine singular third-person)
zijuha (feminine singular third-person)
zijuhom (singular third-person)

Borrowed from Sicilian ziu, from Latin thius, from Ancient Greek θεῖος (theîos). Displaced the native Arabic terms għamm (“paternal uncle”) and ħal (“maternal uncle”), in part probably because this distinction is less relevant in the European family system.

Għandu relazzjoni ħafna tajba ma’ zijuh.

He has a very good relationship with his uncle.

Mosè sejjaħ lil Misael u lil Elsafan, ulied Għużżijel, iz-ziju ta’ Aron, u qalilhom: “Ersqu ’l hawn u ħudu lill-kuġini tagħkom minn quddiem il-post qaddis ’il barra mill-kamp.”

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Levitiku 10:4:

New International Version translation: Moses summoned Mishael and Elzaphan, sons of Aaron’s uncle Uzziel, and said to them, “Come here; carry your cousins outside the camp, away from the front of the sanctuary.”


zija

zijiet (plural)
ziju (masculine)
ziti (first-person singular)
zijitna (first-person singular)
zitek (second-person singular)
zijitkom (second-person singular)
zitu (masculine singular third-person)
zijitha (feminine singular third-person)
zijithom (singular third-person)

Borrowed from Sicilian zia, from Latin thia, from Ancient Greek θεία (theía).

Għandha relazzjoni ħafna tajba ma’ zijitha.

She has a very good relationship with her aunt.

“La tikxifx l-għera ta’ ħu missierek, jiġifieri la tersaqx lejn martu, għax hi z-zija tiegħek.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Levitiku 18:14:

New International Version translation: “‘Do not dishonor your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations; she is your aunt.


Żvediż

mt-adjective

Żvediż (feminine singular Żvediża, plural Żvediżi)

Żvediża (feminine singular)
Żvediżi (plural)

Swedish (of, from or relating to Sweden)


Żvediż

mt-noun

Żvediż m (plural Żvediżi, feminine Żvediża)

Swedish (native or inhabitant of Sweden)


Asturjan

mt-adjective

Asturjan (feminine singular Asturjana, plural Asturjani)

Asturjana (feminine singular)
Asturjani (plural)

Asturian (of, from or relating to Asturias)


Asturjan

mt-noun

Asturjan m (plural Asturjani, feminine Asturjana)

Asturian (native or inhabitant of Asturias) (male or of unspecified gender)


Tajlandiż

mt-adjective

Tajlandiż (feminine singular Tajlandiża, plural Tajlandiżi)

Tajlandiża (feminine singular)
Tajlandiżi (plural)


Tajlandiż

mt-noun

Tajlandiż m (plural Tajlandiżi, feminine Tajlandiża)

Tajlandiżi (plural)
Tajlandiża (feminine)

Thai (native or inhabitant of Thailand) (male or of unspecified gender)


Muħammed

Borrowed from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad).
The inherited form would be Mħammed, which died out as a given name after the Rechristianisation of Malta, but was still attested as a surname up to the 15th century (then obviously borne by Christians). Even today it survives in the place name Tal-Imħammed.


Wistin

Borrowed from Sicilian Austinu, from Latin Augustīnus. Probably first borrowed as roughly *Awustin; the further development (loss of initial unstressed vowel and wu- → wi-) is standard in Maltese.

a male given name from Sicilian [in turn from Latin], equivalent to English Augustine


xemxi

mt-adjective

xemxi (feminine singular xemxija, plural xemxin)

xemxija (feminine singular)
xemxin (plural)

From xemx (“sun”) + -i. As such perhaps inherited from Arabic شَمْسِيّ (šamsiyy, “solar”), but in the grammatical sense a calque of the Arabic.

(grammar, of a consonant) assimilating to the definite article il- (which see)


Bulgaru

Bulgaru (feminine singular Bulgara, plural Bulgari)

Bulgara (feminine singular)
Bulgari (plural)


Bulgaru

mt-noun

Bulgaru m (plural Bulgari, feminine Bulgara)


Olandiż

Olandiż m (plural Olandiżi, feminine Olandiża)


Olandiż

(common, sometimes proscribed) Dutch (language)


kċina

kċina f (plural kċejjen, diminutive kċejna)

Borrowed from Sicilian cucina, from Late Latin cocīna.

il-kċina Maltija


peduna

Back-formation from the plural peduni, from Sicilian piduni.


sieq

Is-sieq ma tistax titpoġġa fuq il-pedala.


deheb

deheb m (plural dehbijiet or dhub or dhubiet or dhubijiet)

dehbijiet (plural)
dhub (plural)
dhubiet (plural)
dhubijiet (plural)


Ewropew

mt-adjective

Ewropew (feminine singular Ewropea, plural Ewropej)

Ewropea (feminine singular)
Ewropej (plural)


Każakistani

Każakistani (feminine singular Każakistana, plural Każakistani)

Każakistana (feminine singular)
Każakistani (plural)

Kazakh (of, from or relating to Kazakhstan)


Każakistani

mt-noun

Każakistani m (plural Każakistani, feminine Każakistana)

Każakistani (plural)
Każakistana (feminine)

Kazakh (native or inhabitant of Kazakhstan) (male or of unspecified gender)


Kroat

mt-adjective

Kroat (feminine singular Kroata, plural Kroati)

Kroata (feminine singular)
Kroati (plural)

Croatian (of, from or relating to Croatia)


Kroat

mt-noun

Kroat m (plural Kroati, feminine Kroata)

Croatian (native or inhabitant of Croatia) (male or of unspecified gender)


qarr

mt-verb

qarr (imperfect jqirr, past participle maqrur)

jqirr (imperfect)
maqrur (participle past)
qarrejt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
qarrejt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
qarr (masculine perfect singular third-person)
qarrejna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
qarrejtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
qarrew (masculine perfect plural third-person)
qarrejt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
qarrejt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
qarret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
qarrejna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
qarrejtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
qarrew (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nqirr (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tqirr (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jqirr (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nqirru (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tqirru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jqirru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nqirr (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tqirr (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tqirr (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nqirru (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tqirru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jqirru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
qirr (imperative second-person singular)
qirru (imperative plural second-person)

Root
 q-r-r (confess)
 0 terms
From Arabic أَقَرَّ (ʔaqarra).

Alternative form: qerr

(Christianity) to confess (acknowledge one's sins in the sacrament of confession); (figurative) to confess; to admit wrongdoing


fwied

mt-noun

fwied m (plural ifwda or fwidien, diminutive fwejjed)

ifwda (plural)
fwidien (plural)
fwejjed (diminutive)
fwiedi (first-person singular)
fwiedna (first-person singular)
fwiedek (second-person singular)
fwiedkom (second-person singular)
fwiedu (masculine singular third-person)
fwiedha (feminine singular third-person)
fwiedhom (singular third-person)


Armenjan

mt-adjective

Armenjan (feminine singular Armenjana, plural Armenjani)

Armenjana (feminine singular)
Armenjani (plural)

Armenian (of, from or relating to Armenia)


Armenjan

mt-noun

Armenjan m (plural Armenjani, feminine Armenjana)

Armenian (native or inhabitant of Armenia) (male or of unspecified gender)


Ċiniż

mt-adjective

Ċiniż (feminine singular Ċiniża, plural Ċiniżi)

Ċiniża (feminine singular)
Ċiniżi (plural)


Ċiniż

mt-noun

Ċiniż m (plural Ċiniżi, feminine Ċiniża)

Chinese (native or inhabitant of China) (male or of unspecified gender)


Ġappuniż

mt-adjective

Ġappuniż (feminine singular Ġappuniża, plural Ġappuniżi)

Ġappuniża (feminine singular)
Ġappuniżi (plural)

Japanese (of, from or relating to Japan)


Ġappuniż

mt-noun

Ġappuniż m (plural Ġappuniżi, feminine Ġappuniża)

Japanese (native or inhabitant of Japan) (male or of unspecified gender)


Ġorġjan

mt-adjective

Ġorġjan (feminine singular Ġorġjana, plural Ġorġjani)

Ġorġjana (feminine singular)
Ġorġjani (plural)


Ġorġjan

mt-noun

Ġorġjan m (plural Ġorġjani, feminine Ġorġjana)


Indoneżjan

mt-adjective

Indoneżjan (feminine singular Indoneżjana, plural Indoneżjani)

Indoneżjana (feminine singular)
Indoneżjani (plural)

Indonesian (of, from or relating to Indonesia)


Indoneżjan

mt-noun

Indoneżjan m (plural Indoneżjani, feminine Indoneżjana)

Indoneżjani (plural)
Indoneżjana (feminine)

Indonesian (native or inhabitant of Indonesia) (male or of unspecified gender)


koxxa

koxxa f (plural koxox or koxxtejn or (Żabbar) kxiex)

koxox (plural)
koxxtejn (plural)
kxiex (plural)
koxxti (first-person singular)
koxxitna (first-person singular)
koxxtek (second-person singular)
koxxitkom (second-person singular)
koxxtu (masculine singular third-person)
koxxitha (feminine singular third-person)
koxxithom (singular third-person)

Borrowed from Sicilian coscia (“thigh”), from Latin coxa (“hip”, later also “thigh”).


Latvjan

mt-adjective

Latvjan (feminine singular Latvjana, plural Latvjani)

Latvjana (feminine singular)
Latvjani (plural)

Latvian (of, from or relating to Latvia)


Latvjan

mt-noun

Latvjan m (plural Latvjani, feminine Latvjana)

Latvian (native or inhabitant of Latvia) (male or of unspecified gender)


Litwanjan

mt-adjective

Litwanjan (feminine singular Litwanjana, plural Litwanjani)

Litwanjana (feminine singular)
Litwanjani (plural)

Synonym of Litwan: Lithuanian (of, from or relating to Lithuania)


Litwanjan

mt-noun

Litwanjan m (plural Litwanjani, feminine Litwanjana)

Litwanjani (plural)
Litwanjana (feminine)

Synonym of Litwan: Lithuanian (native or inhabitant of Lithuania) (male or of unspecified gender)


Litwanjan

Synonym of Il-Litwan: Lithuanian (language)


Litwan

mt-adjective

Litwan (feminine singular Litwana, plural Litwani)

Litwana (feminine singular)
Litwani (plural)

Lithuanian (of, from or relating to Lithuania)


Litwan

mt-noun

Litwan m (plural Litwani, feminine Litwana)

Lithuanian (native or inhabitant of Lithuania) (male or of unspecified gender)


Vjetnamiż

mt-adjective

Vjetnamiż (feminine singular Vjetnamiża, plural Vjetnamiżi)

Vjetnamiża (feminine singular)
Vjetnamiżi (plural)

Vietnamese (of, from or relating to Vietnam)


Vjetnamiż

mt-noun

Vjetnamiż m (plural Vjetnamiżi, feminine Vjetnamiża)

Vjetnamiżi (plural)
Vjetnamiża (feminine)

Vietnamese (native or inhabitant of Vietnam) (male or of unspecified gender)


Malazjan

mt-adjective

Malazjan (feminine singular Malazjana, plural Malazjani)

Malazjana (feminine singular)
Malazjani (plural)

Malaysian (of, from or relating to Malaysia)


Malazjan

mt-noun

Malazjan m (plural Malazjani, feminine Malazjana)

Malaysian (native or inhabitant of Malaysia) (male or of unspecified gender)


Maċedonjan

mt-adjective

Maċedonjan (feminine singular Maċedonjana, plural Maċedonjani)

Maċedonjana (feminine singular)
Maċedonjani (plural)

North Macedonian
North Macedonian#English

North Macedonian (of, from or relating to North Macedonia)


Maċedonjan

mt-noun

Maċedonjan m (plural Maċedonjani, feminine Maċedonjana)

Maċedonjani (plural)
Maċedonjana (feminine)

North Macedonian (native or inhabitant of North Macedonia) (male or of unspecified gender)


Tork

mt-adjective

Tork (feminine singular Torka, plural Torok or Torki)

Torka (feminine singular)
Torok (plural)
Torki (plural)

Influenced by Italian turco, but the word as such was inherited from Arabic تُرْكِيّ (turkiyy). The more original form still in the place name Għar it-Torkija (literally “cave of the Turkish woman”).

Dalgħodu tkellimt ma’ żewġ turisti Torok.

This morning I spoke with two Turkish tourists.

It-tifel għadu Tork.

(literally, “The child is still Turkish.”)

(dated, sometimes offensive) non-Christian or not properly Christian; impious; not (yet) baptised


Mongoljan

mt-adj

Mongoljan (feminine singular Mongoljana, plural Mongoljani)

Mongoljana (feminine singular)
Mongoljani (plural)


Mongoljan

mt-noun

Mongoljan m (plural Mongoljani, feminine Mongoljana)

Mongoljani (plural)
Mongoljana (feminine)


Ukren

mt-adjective

Ukren (feminine singular Ukrena, plural Ukreni)

Ukrena (feminine singular)
Ukreni (plural)

Ukrainian (of, from or relating to Ukraine)


Ukren

mt-noun

Ukren m (plural Ukreni, feminine Ukrena)

Ukrainian (native or inhabitant of Ukraine) (male or of unspecified gender)


Użbek

mt-adjective

Użbek (feminine singular Użbeka, plural Użbeki)

Użbeka (feminine singular)
Użbeki (plural)

Uzbek (of, from or relating to Uzbekistan)


Użbek

mt-noun

Użbek m (plural Użbeki, feminine Użbeka)

Uzbek (native or inhabitant of Uzbekistan) (male or of unspecified gender)


Ungeriż

mt-adjective

Ungeriż (feminine singular Ungeriża, plural Ungeriżi)

Ungeriża (feminine singular)
Ungeriżi (plural)

Hungarian (of, from or relating to Hungary)


Ungeriż

mt-noun

Ungeriż m (plural Ungeriżi, feminine Ungeriża)

Hungarian (native or inhabitant of Hungary) (male or of unspecified gender)


astronomu

astronomu m (plural astronomi, feminine astronoma)


qoxra

qoxra f (plural qxur, paucal qoxriet, diminutive qxejra)

qxur (plural)
qoxriet (paucal)
qxejra (diminutive)


laħam

laħma (singulative)
laħmijiet (plural)
lħum (plural)
lħumijiet (plural plural-of)


riġel

riġlejn (plural)
riġli (first-person singular)
riġilna (first-person singular)
riġlek (second-person singular)
riġilkom (second-person singular)
riġlu (masculine singular third-person)
riġilha (feminine singular third-person)
riġilhom (singular third-person)

Ir-riġel tal-lemin tal-manikin sewwieq għandu jkun fi pjan vertikali.

The right leg of the driver dummy shall be in a vertical plane.


qarn

qarn m (plural qrun, diminutive qrajjen or qrajna or qrejna)

qrun (plural)
qrajjen (diminutive)
qrajna (diminutive)
qrejna (diminutive)

Il-bodbod hu s-sultan tal-Greċja, u l-qarn il-kbir li rajtlu bejn għajnejh hu l-ewwel sultan.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Profeta Danjel 8:21:

New International Version translation: The shaggy goat is the king of Greece, and the large horn between its eyes is the first king.


xaħam

Il-konsum tax-xaħam kuljum għandu jitqassam fuq tliet ikliet prinċipali.

The daily intake of fat should be distributed over three main meals.


ġewnaħ

ġewnaħ m (dual ġwinħajn or ġwenħajn, plural ġwienaħ or ġnieħ, diminutive ġwejnaħ)

ġwinħajn (dual)
ġwenħajn (dual)
ġwienaħ (plural)
ġnieħ (plural)
ġwejnaħ (diminutive)

Back-formation from the plural ġwienaħ, itself from Arabic جَوَانِح (jawāniḥ), as if from a four-radical *جَوْنَح (*jawnaḥ), but actually plural of جَانِح (jāniḥ, “side, wing”). Compare also جَنَاح (janāḥ).

Rajtu intom x’għamilt lill-Eġizzjani, u kif lilkom ġarrejtkom fuq il-ġwienaħ tal-ajkli u ressaqtkom lejja.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Eżodu 19:4:

New International Version translation: ‘You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.

Pereżempju qatt innutajtu s-simetrija bilaterali perfetta tal-ġwienaħ ta’ farfett, tad-denb ta’ pagun, jew għall-inqas tal-wiċċ uman?


sider

isdra (plural)
sdur (plural)
sdura (plural)
sidri (first-person singular)
sidirna (first-person singular)
sidrek (second-person singular)
sidirkom (second-person singular)
sidru (masculine singular third-person)
sidirha (feminine singular third-person)
sidirhom (singular third-person)

(anatomy) a woman’s breasts collectively


għerq

għerq m (plural għeruq, diminutive għerejjaq or għerejjeq)

għeruq (plural)
għerejjaq (diminutive)
għerejjeq (diminutive)


sajf

Fis-sajf il-għolja
libset il-libsa skura
tal-ħaxix niexef.

Anton Buttigieg, “Ħajku 236”, in Il-Muża bil-Kimono:

In summer the hill
put on the brown frock
of the fried grass.


xitwa

U meta tiġi x-xitwa erħilha teqred
bir-rxiex, bis-silġ, bil-bard, bir-riħ u rwiefen
il-ħlejjaq qodma: weraq sfajra u morda,
u rix mitbiela,

1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ħolma tan-Natura”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:


xebba

xebba f (plural xebbiet, masculine xebb, diminutive xbejba)

xebbiet (plural)
xebb (masculine)
xbejba (diminutive)

From Arabic شَابَّة (šābba), feminine of شابّ (šābb). By surface analysis, xebb + -a.

(religion or dated) virgin, maiden (girl or woman without sexual experience)


dafar

mt-verb

dafar (imperfect jidfor, past participle midfur, verbal noun dfir)

jidfor (imperfect)
midfur (participle past)
dfir (noun-from-verb)
dfart (first-person masculine perfect singular)
dfart (masculine perfect second-person singular)
dafar (masculine perfect singular third-person)
dfarna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
dfartu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
dafru (masculine perfect plural third-person)
dfart (feminine first-person perfect singular)
dfart (feminine perfect second-person singular)
dafret (feminine perfect singular third-person)
dfarna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
dfartu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
dafru (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nidfor (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tidfor (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jidfor (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nidfru (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tidfru (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jidfru (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nidfor (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tidfor (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tidfor (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nidfru (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tidfru (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jidfru (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
idfor (imperative second-person singular)
idfru (imperative plural second-person)


qoffa

mt-noun

qoffa f (dual qofftejn, plural qofof or qfief, paucal qoffiet, diminutive qfejfa or qoffina)

qofftejn (dual)
qofof (plural)
qfief (plural)
qoffiet (paucal)
qfejfa (diminutive)
qoffina (diminutive)


xitan

(religion) the Devil; Satan (lord of all demons and adversary of God)


nbid

nbid m (dual (obsolete) nbidejn, plural nbejjed)

nbidejn (dual obsolete)
nbejjed (plural)

Huma jieklu ħobż il-ħażen, u jixorbu nbid il-vjolenza.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-proverbji 4:17:

New International Version translation: They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

Jagħtik Alla min-nida tas-smewwiet, u mill-frott tal-art, kotra ta’ qamħ u nbid.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Ġenesi 27:28:

New International Version translation: May God give you heaven’s dew and earth’s richness— an abundance of grain and new wine.

U jagħmel il-Mulej tal-eżerċti għall-popli kollha fuq din il-muntanja, mejda b’ikel fin, mejda bi nbejjed ħelwa, b’laħam imsemmen bil-mudullun, u nbejjed fini.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Profeta Isaija 25:6:

New International Version translation: On this mountain the Lord Almighty will prepare a feast of rich food for all peoples, a banquet of aged wine— the best of meats and the finest of wines.


knisja

knisja f (plural knejjes, diminutive knejsa)

From Arabic كَنِيسَة (kanīsa). Compare Tunisian Arabic كنيسية (knīsiyya), Moroccan Arabic كنيسية (knīsiyya), كنيسة (knīsa).

Knisja

alternatively for an institution, chiefly the Roman Catholic Church

church (institution; religious organization)


tebut

U Ġużeppi miet ta’ mija u għaxar snin; ibbalzmawh u qegħduh f’tebut l-Eġittu.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Ġenesi 50:26:

New International Version translation: So Joseph died at the age of a hundred and ten. And after they embalmed him, he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.


dgħajsa

→ English: dghaisa

Inherited from dialectal Arabic; compare Tunisian Arabic دغيسة (dḡīsa, “lightship”). Apparently a diminutive form.

cog

Hekk ukoll, meta kienu qegħdin jinqerdu l-ġganti l-kbar, fuq dgħajsa skansat it-tama tad-dinja u, immexxija minn idek, ħalliet lid-dinja żerriegħa ta’ nisel ġdid.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Għerf 14:6:

King James Version translation: For in the old time also, when the proud giants perished, the hope of the world governed by thy hand escaped in a weak vessel, and left to all ages a seed of generation.

Bniedem għaqli ma jobgħodx il-Liġi, u min juri wiċċ b’ieħor fil-ħarsien tagħha qisu dgħajsa fil-maltemp.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Għerf ta' Ġesú Bin Sirak 33:2:

King James Version translation: A wise man hateth not the law; but he that is an hypocrite therein is as a ship in a storm.

Minnufih telqu d-dgħajsa u lil missierhom, u marru warajh.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, San Mattew 4:22:

New International Version translation: and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed him.


ħadd

ħaddejn (plural)
ħaddi (first-person singular)
ħaddna (first-person singular)
ħaddek (second-person singular)
ħaddkom (second-person singular)
ħaddu (masculine singular third-person)
ħaddha (feminine singular third-person)
ħaddhom (singular third-person)

kollox għafsa. kollox fastidju. forsi
għax għadu (wisq) kmieni. forsi.
għax dallejl xtaqt stajt nimtedd maġenbek
u dalgħodu stenbaħt
b’subgħajja mwebbla għal ponn ramel
u d-diqa mwebsa ma’ ħaddejja.

2022, Nadia Mifsud, meta tinfetaq il-folla, Ede Books, →ISBN:


għonq

għenuq (plural)
għonqi (first-person singular)
għonqna (first-person singular)
għonqek (second-person singular)
għonqkom (second-person singular)
għonqu (masculine singular third-person)
għonqha (feminine singular third-person)
għonqhom (singular third-person)


sikkina

mt-noun

sikkina f (plural skieken, diminutive skejkna)

From Arabic سِكِّينَة (sikkīna), alternative form of سِكِّين (sikkīn).

U nissaħħar nisma’ dak it-tvenvin xħin tibda tiddwella mas-sikkina bil-ħila u l-ħeffa tal-aqwa gwerrier.

2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:


sellum

From a variant of Arabic سُلَّم (sullam). Cognate with Moroccan Arabic سلوم (sallūm).


musrana

From Arabic مُصْرَان (muṣrān). Compare Tunisian Arabic مصرانة (muṣrāna), Moroccan Arabic مصران (maṣrān).


Nisrani

Nisrani m (plural Nsara, feminine Nisranija)

(more specifically) Roman Catholic (adherent to the Roman Catholic Church)


Nisrani

mt-adjective

Nisrani (feminine singular Nisranija, plural Nsara)

Nisranija (feminine singular)
Nsara (plural)

din Nisrani ― Christianity

reliġjon Nisranija ― Christianity

Christian (of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians)

(more specifically) Roman Catholic (of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church)


senduq

mt-noun

senduq m (plural sniedaq, diminutive snejdaq)

Jekk jitqiegħdu fuq il-gverta, għandhom jingħalqu ġo kabinett jew senduq.

If placed on deck, they must be enclosed in a cabinet or chest.


moħħ

mħuħ (plural)
moħħi (first-person singular)
moħħna (first-person singular)
moħħok (second-person singular)
moħħkom (second-person singular)
moħħu (masculine singular third-person)
moħħha (feminine singular third-person)
moħħhom (singular third-person)


kilwa

kilwa f (dual kilwtejn or kilwejn, plural kliewi, paucal kilwiet)

kilwtejn (dual)
kilwejn (dual)
kliewi (plural)
kilwiet (paucal)
kiliwti (first-person singular)
kilwitna (first-person singular)
kiliwtek (second-person singular)
kilwitkom (second-person singular)
kiliwtu (masculine singular third-person)
kilwitha (feminine singular third-person)
kilwithom (singular third-person)


għaksa

Root
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Perhaps from Arabic عَجُز (ʕajuz, “buttocks; hindlegs; rear of anything”). For the phonetics compare the argumentation at għakkes.


Maltija

mt-noun

Maltija f (plural Maltin, masculine Malti)

female Maltese (female native or inhabitant of Malta)


Ġwann

Borrowed from Sicilian Giuvanni (older probably also *Giuanni, compare Sardinian Giuanni), from Latin Iohannes, from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוחנן (Yōḥānān).

a male given name from Sicilian [in turn from Latin, in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English John


kubrit

kubrita (singulative)
kubritiet (paucal)


ġens

(biology, taxonomy) genus (rank in a taxonomic classification)


isqof

From Arabic أُسْقُف (ʔusquf), from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos). One of the specifically Christian words in Maltese that were inherited from Arabic, suggesting that there were Arabic-speaking Christians in Malta during the Islamic reign. Otherwise, the words must have been brought in by missionaries during the re-Christianisation process. These missionaries would probably have been Sicilians who had learnt Arabic, though it is also imaginable that some of them were brought in from Christian communities on the Arabic-speaking mainland.


żokra

żokra f (plural żokor or żkieri, paucal żokriet)

żokor (plural)
żkieri (plural)
żokriet (paucal)

From Arabic زُكْرَة (zukra, “small hose”), thus probably originally referring to the umbilical cord or navel-string.


dahar

dahar m (plural dhur or dhura or idhra, diminutive dhajjar)

dhur (plural)
dhura (plural)
idhra (plural)
dhajjar (diminutive)
dahri (first-person singular)
daharna (first-person singular)
dahrek (second-person singular)
daharkom (second-person singular)
dahru (masculine singular third-person)
daharha (feminine singular third-person)
daharhom (singular third-person)

f’żarbun ġa ssikkat. irkiekel dahri
tat-terrakotta － ’kk tmisshom,
isiru frak. dil-belt tentakli waħedha －
għoddha qalftitni fatat.

[…] u nġiegħel l-għedewwa tiegħek idawru daharhom lejk.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Eżodu 23:27:

King James Version translation: […] and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.


luzzu

→ English: luzzu

Borrowed from Sicilian guzzu, from Italian guzzo.


sebbaħ

mt-verb

sebbaħ (imperfect jsebbaħ, past participle msebbaħ, verbal noun tisbiħ)

jsebbaħ (imperfect)
msebbaħ (participle past)
tisbiħ (noun-from-verb)
sebbaħt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sebbaħt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
sebbaħ (masculine perfect singular third-person)
sebbaħna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
sebbaħtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
sebbħu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
sebbaħt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sebbaħt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
sebbħet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
sebbaħna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
sebbaħtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
sebbħu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nsebbaħ (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssebbaħ (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jsebbaħ (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nsebbħu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ssebbħu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jsebbħu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nsebbaħ (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssebbaħ (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ssebbaħ (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nsebbħu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ssebbħu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jsebbħu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
sebbaħ (imperative second-person singular)
sebbħu (imperative plural second-person)


ċittadin

mt-noun

ċittadin m (plural ċittadini, feminine ċittadina)


Natan

a male given name, equivalent to English Nathan


fosfru

(chemistry) Alternative form of fosforu: phosphorus


ammen

Borrowed from Italian ammen, from Latin amen, form Ancient Greek ἀμήν (amḗn), from Hebrew אָמֵן (ʾāmēn).


filosofija

filosofija f (plural filosofiji or filosofijiet)

filosofiji (plural)
filosofijiet (plural)

Borrowed from Italian filosofia and/or Sicilian filusufìa, from Latin philosophia, from Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophía).


tramuntana

Borrowed from Sicilian tramuntana (“north wind; north”), from Latin transmontanus (“beyond the mountains”). The use for a north wind is found in several Romance languages; it seems not quite clear what mountains it originally referred to.


infinit

mt-adjective

infinit (feminine singular infinita, plural infiniti)

infinita (feminine singular)
infiniti (plural)


kartun

(comics) cartoon (humorous drawing or strip)


Tuvalan

Tuvalan (feminine singular Tuvalana, plural Tuvalani)

Tuvalana (feminine singular)
Tuvalani (plural)

Tuvaluan (of, from or relating to Tuvalu)


Tuvalan

mt-noun

Tuvalan m (plural Tuvalani, feminine Tuvalana)

Tuvaluan (native or inhabitant of Tuvalu) (male or of unspecified gender)


Ħaruf ta' Alla

Calque of Latin Agnus Dei, itself from Ancient Greek Ἀμνὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ (Amnòs toû Theoû).

der

Ἀμνὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ


riċetta

Borrowed from Italian ricetta, from Latin recepta, feminine of receptus, whence also razzett.


artab

mt-adjective

artab (feminine singular ratba, plural rotob)

ratba (feminine singular)
rotob (plural)

From Arabic رَطْب (raṭb). The Maltese feminine and plural go back directly to the Arabic adjective, while the masculine is the original comparative reinterpreted as the basic form by analogy with other adjectives for physical qualities and defects (compare aħrax, oħxon, etc.).


majna

mt-verb

majna (imperfect jmajna, past participle majnat, verbal noun majnar)

jmajna (imperfect)
majnat (participle past)
majnar (noun-from-verb)
majnajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
majnajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
majna (masculine perfect singular third-person)
majnajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
majnajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
majnaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
majnajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
majnajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
majnat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
majnajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
majnajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
majnaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nmajna (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tmajna (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jmajna (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nmajnaw (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tmajnaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jmajnaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nmajna (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tmajna (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tmajna (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nmajnaw (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tmajnaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jmajnaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
majna (imperative second-person singular)
majnaw (imperative plural second-person)


minn bejn l-imwiet

From Arabic مِنْ بَيْنِ الْأَمْواتِ (min bayni al-ʔamwāti, “from the dead”), used with the same wording by Arabic-speaking Christians. It preserves an old broken plural of mejjet (“dead”), which has otherwise been regularized to mejtin in Maltese.

inh

مِنْ بَيْنِ الْأَمْواتِ

Sidna Ġesù Kristu qam minn bejn l-imwiet.

Our Lord Jesus Christ has risen from the dead.

(Christianity) from the dead (construed with qam)


Ras ir-Randan

ras + ir-Randan, literally “beginning of Lent”.


qaddis

mt-noun

qaddis m (plural qaddisin, feminine qaddisa, diminutive qdejdes)

qaddisin (plural)
qaddisa (feminine)
qdejdes (diminutive)

(Christianity) saint (male or of unspecified sex)


magħmudija

inh

مَعْمُودِيّة


professur

mt-noun

professur m (plural professuri, feminine professoressa)

professuri (plural)
professoressa (feminine)

Borrowed from Italian professore, from Latin professor.


biċċa

biċċa f (dual biċċtejn, plural bċejjeċ or biċċiet or bċieċ, diminutive bċejċa)

biċċtejn (dual)
bċejjeċ (plural)
biċċiet (plural)
bċieċ (plural)
bċejċa (diminutive)

Ultimately from Late Latin pettia, probably from Sicilian pezza or a variant of it.

(chess) piece (chess: figure other than pawn; similar counter in other games)


trakka

mt-verb

trakka (imperfect jitrakka, past participle trakkat, verbal noun trakkar)

jitrakka (imperfect)
trakkat (participle past)
trakkar (noun-from-verb)
trakkajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
trakkajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
trakka (masculine perfect singular third-person)
trakkajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
trakkajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
trakkaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
trakkajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
trakkajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
trakkat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
trakkajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
trakkajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
trakkaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nitrakka (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titrakka (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jitrakka (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nitrakkaw (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
titrakkaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jitrakkaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nitrakka (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titrakka (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
titrakka (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nitrakkaw (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
titrakkaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jitrakkaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
trakka (imperative second-person singular)
trakkaw (imperative plural second-person)

Borrowed from Sicilian attraccari and/or Italian attraccare.

(nautical) to dock, to berth, to moor (a ship)


nhar

daytime, day (time between dawn and nightfall)


rkoppa

mt-noun

rkoppa f (dual rkupptejn or rkopptejn, plural rkupptejn or rkopptejn or rkopop)

rkupptejn (dual)
rkopptejn (dual)
rkupptejn (plural)
rkopptejn (plural)
rkopop (plural)
rkoppti (first-person singular)
rkoppitna (first-person singular)
rkopptek (second-person singular)
rkoppitkom (second-person singular)
rkopptu (masculine singular third-person)
rkoppitha (feminine singular third-person)
rkoppithom (singular third-person)

From Arabic رُكْبَة (rukba). The modern Maltese form with metathesis, gemination and devoicing is a backformation from the plural (or original dual). From the expected *rokba, it would yield *rukbtejn, where the triple consonant cluster was simplified to *rkubtejn. Compare the same in mnifsejn (instead of *minfsejn), plural of minfes (“nostril”).

It-tubu tal-irkoppa għandu żewġ toqob li jillimitaw il-moviment tar-riġel.

The knee tube has two lugs which limit the movement of the lower leg.


denb

dnub (plural)
denbi (first-person singular)
denbna (first-person singular)
denbek (second-person singular)
denbkom (second-person singular)
denbu (masculine singular third-person)
denbha (feminine singular third-person)
denbhom (singular third-person)

Pereżempju qatt innutajtu s-simetrija bilaterali perfetta tal-ġwienaħ ta’ farfett, tad-denb ta’ pagun, jew għall-inqas tal-wiċċ uman?

For example, have you ever noticed the perfect bilateral symmetry of a butterfly’s wings, a peacock’s tail, or at least the human face?

U l-Mulej qal lil Mosè: Midd idek, u aqbdu minn denbu - u medd idu u qabdu, u sar ħatar f’idu.

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Eżodu 4:4:

New International Version translation: Then the Lord said to him, “Reach out your hand and take it by the tail.” So Moses reached out and took hold of the snake and it turned back into a staff in his hand.


fomm

fomm m (plural fmien or fommijiet or fmum)

fmien (plural)
fommijiet (plural)
fmum (plural)
fommi (first-person singular)
fommna (first-person singular)
fommek (second-person singular)
fommkom (second-person singular)
fommu (masculine singular third-person)
fommha (feminine singular third-person)
fommhom (singular third-person)

From Arabic فَم (fam). Cognate with Moroccan Arabic فم (fumm).


ħanek

ħanek m (plural ħniek or eħinka, diminutive ħanka)

ħniek (plural)
eħinka (plural)
ħanka (diminutive)


mgħażqa

imgħażqa

optionally after a consonant, but almost always after the article


qanpiena

qanpiena f (plural qniepen, diminutive qnejpna)

Borrowed from Sicilian campana, from Late Latin campāna.

Il-qniepen bdew isejħu lill-fidili għall-quddiesa.

The bells were summoning the believers to mass.


mislem

mislem m (plural misilmin, feminine misilma)

From Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim, in dialects widely mislim). The word was inherited from Arabic as referring to a group of people with whom the Maltese remained in contact, while islam is a learned borrowing from Italian. Similarly, in other European languages, words for “Muslim” (like English Mussulman) are generally much older than the words for the religion. For the phonotactics of the plural misilmin, compare midneb.

inh

Arabic مُسْلِم


wiżna

mt-noun

wiżna f (dual wiżintejn, plural użieni, paucal wiżniet)

wiżintejn (dual)
użieni (plural)
wiżniet (paucal)

a traditional unit of weight, still used e.g. in farming and household contexts, equivalent to 5 ratal, that is officially 8.75 imperial pounds (3.969 kg), now widely metrified informally to mean 4 kilogrammes


ratal

From Arabic رَطْل (raṭl), from Classical Syriac ܪܝܛܠܐ (rīṭlā), metathesis of ܠܝܛܪܐ (līṭrā), from Ancient Greek λῑ́τρᾱ (lī́trā).

a traditional unit of weight, still used e.g. in household contexts, officially 1.75 imperial pounds (0.794 kg), now widely metrified informally to mean 800 grammes


uqija

uqija f (dual uqitejn, plural ewwieq or ewieq or wieq, paucal uqijiet or uqiet)

uqitejn (dual)
ewwieq (plural)
ewieq (plural)
wieq (plural)
uqijiet (paucal)
uqiet (paucal)

From Arabic أُوقِيَّة (ʔūqiyya), from Classical Syriac ܐܘܢܩܝܐ (ʾūnqīyā), from Ancient Greek οὐγγία (oungía), from Latin ūncia.


ragħa

mt-verb

ragħa (imperfect jirgħa, past participle mirgħi)

jirgħa (imperfect)
mirgħi (participle past)
rgħajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
rgħajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ragħa (masculine perfect singular third-person)
rgħajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
rgħajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
rgħaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
rgħajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
rgħajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
rgħat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
rgħajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
rgħajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
rgħaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nirgħa (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tirgħa (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jirgħa (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nirgħaw (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tirgħaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jirgħaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nirgħa (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tirgħa (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tirgħa (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nirgħaw (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tirgħaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jirgħaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
irgħa (imperative second-person singular)
irgħaw (imperative plural second-person)

Root
 r-għ-j
 0 terms
From Arabic رَعَى (raʕā).

(figurative, also religion) to tend, to lead (e.g. a congregation)


weraq

werqa (singulative)
werqtejn (dual)
werqat (paucal)
werqiet (paucal)

U meta tiġi x-xitwa erħilha teqred
bir-rxiex, bis-silġ, bil-bard, bir-riħ u rwiefen
il-ħlejjaq qodma: weraq sfajra u morda,
u rix mitbiela,


milgħaqa

From Arabic مِلْعَقة (milʕaqa, “spoon”, literally “licking tool”).
A more etymological spelling would be milagħqa, because the underlying form is *milgħqa, where -a- was inserted to break up the inadmissible consonant cluster (as similarly in mibegħda). The spelling milgħaqa implies an Arabic *مِلْعاقة (*milʕāqa). However, Maltese does not apply the etymological principle slavishly.


kuċċarina

From a diminutive of Sicilian cucciara, cucchiara, from Latin cochlearium, ultimately from Ancient Greek κοχλῐ́ᾱς (kokhlĭ́ās, “snail”).


denfil

From a dialectal variant of Arabic دَرْفِيل (darfīl), دُلْفِين (dulfīn), which also underlies in Moroccan Arabic دنفيل (danfīl). Ultimately from Ancient Greek δελφίς (delphís).


nofs

mt-noun

nofs m (plural nofsijiet or (only in sense 3) nfas)

From Arabic نُصْف (nuṣf) with metathesis.

(historical units of measurement) a unit of volume:

for spirits, equivalent to 2 terz, that is officially one imperial pint (568.3 mL).

for milk and oil, equivalent to 2 terz, that is officially 22+¹⁄₂ imperial fluid ounces (639.3 mL).


nejba

Back-formation from Arabic أَنْيَاب (ʔanyāb), plural of نَاب (nāb), compare Tunisian Arabic نيبة


darsa

From Arabic ضِرْس (ḍirs), though properly perhaps a backformation from the plural, as also in nejba (“canine”). Compare Tunisian Arabic زرسة (zarsa), Moroccan Arabic ضرسة (ḍarsa).


għammed

mt-verb

għammed (imperfect jgħammed, past participle mgħammed, verbal noun magħmudija or tgħammid)

jgħammed (imperfect)
mgħammed (participle past)
magħmudija (noun-from-verb)
tgħammid (noun-from-verb)
għammidt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għammidt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
għammed (masculine perfect singular third-person)
għammidna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
għammidtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
għammdu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
għammidt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għammidt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
għammdet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
għammidna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
għammidtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
għammdu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
ngħammed (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħammed (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jgħammed (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
ngħammdu (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tgħammdu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jgħammdu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
ngħammed (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħammed (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tgħammed (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
ngħammdu (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tgħammdu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jgħammdu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
għammed (imperative second-person singular)
għammdu (imperative plural second-person)


ġenna

From Arabic جَنّة (janna, “garden; paradise”), from whose plural also ġnien (“garden”).

inh

(also religion) paradise (idealistic abode in this world, e.g. that of Adam and Eve)

(religion) heaven; paradise (otherworldly abode of the righteous or justified)


Alla jagħtih il-ġenna

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God grant him heaven
God grant him heaven

(Christianity) God rest his soul; God grant him heaven


Għid

Ellipsis of l-Għid il-Kbir (literally “the great feast”). Compare Arabic الْعِيدُ الْكَبِير (al-ʕīdu l-kabīr) used by Arabic-speaking Christians.

cog

الْعِيدُ الْكَبِير

(Christianity) Easter (feast celebrating the resurrection of Christ)


nisel lifgħat

From nisel + lifgħat, a calque of Ancient Greek γεννήματα ἐχιδνῶν (gennḗmata ekhidnôn).

calque

γεννήματα ἐχιδνῶν

Ja sriep u nisel il-lifgħat, kif se taħarbu mill-kundanna ta’ l-infern?

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, San Mattew 23:33:

King James Version translation: Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

generation of vipers
generation of vipers

John the Baptist
John the Baptist#English

(biblical) brood of vipers; generation of vipers; address used by Jesus for the Pharisees and Sadducees (three times in Matthew), and by John the Baptist for the unregerate Jews (Luke 3:7)


ddawnlowdja

mt-verb

ddawnlowdja (imperfect jiddawnlowdja, past participle ddawnlowdjat, verbal noun ddawnlowdjar)

jiddawnlowdja (imperfect)
ddawnlowdjat (participle past)
ddawnlowdjar (noun-from-verb)
ddawnlowdjajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ddawnlowdjajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ddawnlowdja (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ddawnlowdjajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ddawnlowdjajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ddawnlowdjaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ddawnlowdjajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ddawnlowdjajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ddawnlowdjat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ddawnlowdjajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ddawnlowdjajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ddawnlowdjaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
niddawnlowdja (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiddawnlowdja (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jiddawnlowdja (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
niddawnlowdjaw (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tiddawnlowdjaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jiddawnlowdjaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
niddawnlowdja (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiddawnlowdja (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tiddawnlowdja (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
niddawnlowdjaw (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tiddawnlowdjaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jiddawnlowdjaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ddawnlowdja (imperative second-person singular)
ddawnlowdjaw (imperative plural second-person)


pprova

jipprova (imperfect)
pprovajt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
pprovajt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
pprova (masculine perfect singular third-person)
pprovajna (first-person masculine perfect singular)
pprovajtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
pprovaw (masculine perfect plural third-person)
pprovajt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
pprovajt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
pprovat (feminine perfect singular third-person)
pprovajna (feminine first-person perfect singular)
pprovajtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
pprovaw (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nipprova (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tipprova (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jipprova (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nipprovaw (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
tipprovaw (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jipprovaw (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nipprova (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tipprova (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
tipprova (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nipprovaw (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
tipprovaw (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jipprovaw (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
pprova (imperative second-person singular)
pprovaw (imperative plural second-person)

Borrowed from Sicilian pruvari and/or Italian provare, from Latin probare.

(religion) to try; to put through trial, temptation, tribulation


lbieraħ

From Arabic اَلْبارِح (al-bāriḥ, “yesterday”). Compare Moroccan Arabic البارح (el-bāriḥ), Egyptian Arabic امبارح (imbāriḥ).


xlokk

From Arabic شَلُوق (šalūq), شَلُوك (šalūk, “southeastern wind”), probably acquired through Italo-Romance, see Italian scirocco. A doublet may be at hand in xellug (“left”), which see.


Ġakbu

From Italian Giacobo or Sicilian *Giacubu (variants of Giacomo and Giacumu respectively), from Latin Iacobus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ).

der

Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ)

(also biblical) a male given name from Sicilian [in turn from Latin, in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English James


Xmun

From Sicilian Simuni, from Latin Simon, from Ancient Greek Σίμων (Símōn), from Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (šimʿōn).

Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (šimʿōn)

(also biblical) a male given name from Sicilian [in turn from Latin, in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Simon


qawmien

Root
 q-w-m
 0 terms
Derived from qam. The Arabic verbal noun is قِيام (qiyām), whence قِيامة (qiyāma, “resurrection”).


Ġakobb

Borrowed from Italian Giacobbe, from Latin Iacob, from Ancient Greek Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ).

Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ)

(also biblical) a male given name from Italian [in turn from Latin, in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Jacob